9 Feb 2018 10:07 pm
Saw that one coming from a mile away.Trump blocks release of Dem memo rebutting GOP claims of FBI surveillance abuse.
President Trump on Friday refused to authorize the release of a Democratic rebuttal to a Republican intelligence committee memo alleging that FBI and Justice Department officials abused their power to spy on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
In a letter to House intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the White House said it could not release the Democrats' memo because the Justice Department "has identified portions...which it believes would create especially significant concerns for the national security and law enforcement interests."
That explanation stands in stark contrast to his release of the GOP memo last Friday.
The president approved its release over the strong objections of the FBI, which warned that it could jeopardize national security.
At the SOTU 45 said that he was "100%" going to release the Nunes memo before he ever laid eyes on it, and did it even though his own FBI Director said he had 'grave concerns' about it, and his Deputy AG was against it's release also.
John Kelly said that 45 released the Nunes memo because he wanted 'everything out.'
That was a lie.
This proves what we already knew, that the Nunes memo was nothing more than a one-sided political hit piece.